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Show ai 6;t Zeef Loig ore Legs oiJ Short on Neck! The landlady glanced round the table at her twelve hungry boarders board-ers before starting to carve the rather sad-looking chicken. In rapid succession she asked each which part of the fowl he preferred. Ten of them decided on legs. The carver dropped her knife with a clatter on the dish. "What do you imagine this is?" she said, sarcastically, pointing to the chicken. "A centipede, or what?" "Oh, no," replied the boarder who had been served. "Judging by the piece of neck I've got, I should imagine it was a giraffe." |